3-of-3.
Rhode Island
The "cottages" of Newport. Everyone else calls them mansions.
How the other half lived, before they created income taxes:
<http://www.newportmansions.org/>
It's also the once-and-some-hope-future home of the America's Cup.
Connecticut
Mystic Seaport, but you'll have missed the wooden boat show:
<http://www.mysticseaport.org/>
<http://www.thewoodenboatshow.com/>
Lime Rock Park, for road racing
<http://www.limerock.com/>
F40, to pick up a car as a souvenir. Bring money. Owner Wayne Carini
hosts a program called "Chasing Classic Cars".
<http://www.f40.com/inventorymanager.php?filter=current>
<http://dhd.discovery.com/tv/chasing-classic-cars/about/about.html>
Since you are in the neighborhood, you might want to spend a day in
New York City. The Empire State Building and Statue of Liberty by day,
and a Broadway show at night.
For reference, you can drive from Boston to western Massachusetts
(East-West) on I-90 (Interstate-90, the Mass(achusetts Turn)Pike,
in about 3 hours. You can drive across Rhode Island in an hour if
you stop for lunch. Vermont (VT) or New Hampshire (NH) south-north
will take 3-4 hours, depending on which road you take. Maine all
by itself is about the size of the other 5 NE states. Except for the
coast, there isn't much in Maine except pine trees. All those times
are on highways, not stopping to dawdle. But stick to the back roads,
eat at non-chain restaurants, and you'll have a great time.
And if you're a drinking man, New England has lots of brew pubs.
Just ask. :)
Maybe you should stay another month or two.
Kent McLean, schooled in Boston, lives in NH
'56 100 BN2
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